Course Curriculum of Master of Social Sciences (MSS) in Economics
Total Credits 36
A. Pool of CORE COURSES (12 credits: 4 courses)
ECO 501: Advanced Microeconomics
ECO 502: Advanced Macroeconomics
ECO 511: Mathematical Economics
ECO 565: Advanced Econometrics
B. Pool of Elective Core COURSES (9 credits: 3 courses)
ECO 525: Public Economics
ECO 528: International Trade
ECO 529: International Financial Economics
ECO 532: *Economics of Development
ECO 533: Monetary Theory
ECO 575: History of Economic Thought
ECO 584: Project Evaluation and Analysis
ECO 585: Applied Cost Benefit Analysis
ECO 590: Quantitative Modeling
ECO 592: Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECO 593: Advanced Health Economics
* This course is cross listed with course No. MDS 501
A student can choose to do masters in general category without any specialization following specification in Section C or Can choose to do masters in selected specialized field following specification in Section D
C. Courses and Specification for Masters in General Category
Apart from doing 9 credits (3 courses) from section B; a student must complete additional 9 credits (3 courses). A student can choose these courses either form Section B or courses from Section D that can be any of the specialized field following the specification listed below:
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Course
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Credit
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Specification
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5xx
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6 (2 Courses)
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Can be from Section B or Section D
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6xx
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3 (1 Course)
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Section D that meets the prerequisite
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D. Pool of Specialization Courses (9 credits: 3 Courses)
In each field of specializations, the 500 level courses are compulsory. Students have to choose two other 600 level courses from the list of his chosen field of concentration
(Must be selected from selected field)
1) Agricultural Economics 2) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 3) Labor Economics 4) Energy Economics 5) Econometrics
courses from the list of his chosen field of concentration.
Student can either decide to do a 6 credit Thesis or 6 credit course works (1 course) that has paper works.
E. Thesis (6 credits)
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Course Code
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Credit
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Titles
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Specifications
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ECO 699
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6
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Thesis
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OR
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5xx
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3
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From Section B or Section D
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6xx
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3
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Section D that meets the prerequisite
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Lists of Specialization Courses
(i) Agricultural Economics
ECO 517: Agricultural Economics
ECO 607: Agricultural Production Economics
ECO 627: Agricultural Business
ECO 677: Climate Change and Development
ECO 687: Readings in Agricultural Economics
(ii) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ECO 542: Environmental Economics
ECO 622: Valuation of Environmental Resources
ECO 632: Economics of Non-Renewable Resources
ECO 642: Economics of Renewable Resources
ECO 682: Readings in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
(iii) Labor Economics
ECO 550: Advanced Labor Economics: Theory and Evidence
ECO 650: Advanced Labor Economics II
ECO 670: Empirical Microeconomics
ECO 680: Readings in Labor Economics
(iv) Energy Economics
ECO 564: Energy Economics
ECO 644: Resources, Development and the Environment
ECO 654: Electricity Policy and Planning
ECO 674: International Perspective on Energy and Environmental Policy
ECO 684: Readings in Energy Economics
(v) Econometrics
ECO 595: Time Series Models and Forecasting
ECO 625: Applied Econometrics
ECO 655: Special Topics in Econometrics
ECO 685: Readings in Econometrics
